Reading Notes: Arabian Nights Readings A & B
1. Scheherazade:
The story begins very heavy. The main character is a heroin, ooo I'm liking this one already.
I'm going to call "Scheherazade' 'Zadie' for the purpose of writing these reading notes. Her sister, "Dinarzde" will be 'Dina'. Zadie is very cunning and plays to her own knowledge of her beauty.
2. The Merchant and the Genius
The story takes place in the desert of Persia. Half way through the story and I just figured out that "Genius" refers to a genie. Zadie is taking the levels of the story deeper by making a story within a story.
3. The First Old Man and the Hind
Hind means female deer. This story involves magic and jealousy--- a delicious mix for a fairy tale. When the son is "given" to marriage he is about 11 years old.
4. The Second Old Man and the Two Black Dogs
I like how this collection of stories involves magic and turning people into animals as punishments.
The first collection of stories are representative of Zadie's own position. She is essentially using the power of stories to barter for her life
5. The Fisherman
The Fisherman tricks the genie back into his vase. This is a reminiscent plot of the the fable we read in the anthology. The Fisherman is now telling a story to the Genie providing another layer of plot.
6. The Greek King and the Physician Douban
The physician uses polo and obedience to cure the king.
7. The Parrot and the Ogress
The Parrot-
The wife uses trickery to confuse the parrot, causing the husband to believe the parrot could not be trusted. The parrot is basically serving as the man's spy for when he is gone.
The Ogress-
An ogress pretends to be a princess to allure prey, but lets her meal (a prince) go when she has reckoned that he cannot be eaten
8. The Physician's Revenge
The king and the physician both die do to jealousy and rash actions. This story reflects the story of the Genie and the Fisherman which is also representative of Zadie and her husband
9. The Sultan and the Fish
The Fisherman shoes the Sultan the magical lake. The Sultan then finds a castle and in the palace a young prince made from a block of wood.
10. The Young King of the Black Isles
The villain of this story is the former wife and scorned lover of the young king. The plot of this story also revolves around trickery.
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
Aladdin is so "idle" that he causes the death if his father.
Trickery is a major plot in this tale, as it is in the other stories from Zadie.
The genie/Aladdin do not stop the wedding, rather replace the prince with Aladdin in the marriage bed.
It took a while for Aladdin to fully use the genie's power.
More trickery is used by the Magician to obtain the lamp, and then by Aladdin to regain the lamp
The magician's brother uses trickery to gain an audience with Aladdin's wife.
The story begins very heavy. The main character is a heroin, ooo I'm liking this one already.
I'm going to call "Scheherazade' 'Zadie' for the purpose of writing these reading notes. Her sister, "Dinarzde" will be 'Dina'. Zadie is very cunning and plays to her own knowledge of her beauty.
2. The Merchant and the Genius
The story takes place in the desert of Persia. Half way through the story and I just figured out that "Genius" refers to a genie. Zadie is taking the levels of the story deeper by making a story within a story.
3. The First Old Man and the Hind
Hind means female deer. This story involves magic and jealousy--- a delicious mix for a fairy tale. When the son is "given" to marriage he is about 11 years old.
4. The Second Old Man and the Two Black Dogs
I like how this collection of stories involves magic and turning people into animals as punishments.
The first collection of stories are representative of Zadie's own position. She is essentially using the power of stories to barter for her life
5. The Fisherman
The Fisherman tricks the genie back into his vase. This is a reminiscent plot of the the fable we read in the anthology. The Fisherman is now telling a story to the Genie providing another layer of plot.
6. The Greek King and the Physician Douban
The physician uses polo and obedience to cure the king.
7. The Parrot and the Ogress
The Parrot-
The wife uses trickery to confuse the parrot, causing the husband to believe the parrot could not be trusted. The parrot is basically serving as the man's spy for when he is gone.
The Ogress-
An ogress pretends to be a princess to allure prey, but lets her meal (a prince) go when she has reckoned that he cannot be eaten
8. The Physician's Revenge
The king and the physician both die do to jealousy and rash actions. This story reflects the story of the Genie and the Fisherman which is also representative of Zadie and her husband
9. The Sultan and the Fish
The Fisherman shoes the Sultan the magical lake. The Sultan then finds a castle and in the palace a young prince made from a block of wood.
10. The Young King of the Black Isles
The villain of this story is the former wife and scorned lover of the young king. The plot of this story also revolves around trickery.
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
Aladdin is so "idle" that he causes the death if his father.
Trickery is a major plot in this tale, as it is in the other stories from Zadie.
The genie/Aladdin do not stop the wedding, rather replace the prince with Aladdin in the marriage bed.
It took a while for Aladdin to fully use the genie's power.
More trickery is used by the Magician to obtain the lamp, and then by Aladdin to regain the lamp
The magician's brother uses trickery to gain an audience with Aladdin's wife.
The Young King of the Black Isles. Web Source: The UNtextbook
Bibliography: The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andre Lang and Illustrated by H.J. Ford
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